Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Nicaragua

Infant mortality rate in Nicaragua in 2024 — 9.4 per 1,000. Ranked 81 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 93%.

2024 9.4 per 1,000 −21.67% vs 2023
World rank 81of 196
Period maximum 134.1 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 9.4 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Nicaragua, 1960–202405010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 134.1 per 1,0001962: 132.3 per 1,0001964: 130.4 per 1,0001966: 128.5 per 1,0001968: 126 per 1,0001970: 123.2 per 1,0001972: 130.4 per 1,0001974: 115.5 per 1,0001976: 106.7 per 1,0001978: 95.3 per 1,0001980: 83.4 per 1,0001982: 73.9 per 1,0001984: 67.1 per 1,0001986: 63.5 per 1,0001988: 60.7 per 1,0001990: 56.8 per 1,0001992: 51 per 1,0001994: 45.5 per 1,0001996: 40.6 per 1,0001998: 38.5 per 1,0002000: 31.6 per 1,0002002: 28.8 per 1,0002004: 26.6 per 1,0002006: 24.4 per 1,0002008: 22.3 per 1,0002010: 20.1 per 1,0002012: 18 per 1,0002014: 16 per 1,0002016: 14.2 per 1,0002018: 12.9 per 1,0002020: 12.5 per 1,0002022: 12.6 per 1,0002024: 9.4 per 1,000
Change over the period: −124.7 (−92.99%) Average annual rate: -4.07 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Nicaragua

Nicaragua 9.4 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Latin America & Caribbean 13.3 per 1,000
Central America computed 12.3 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 28.5 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Nicaragua, by year Nicaragua All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 9.4 −2.6 −21.67%
2023 12 −0.6 −4.76%
2022 12.6 +0.1 +0.8%
2021 12.5 +0 +0%
2020 12.5 −0.1 −0.79%
2019 12.6 −0.3 −2.33%
2018 12.9 −0.5 −3.73%
2017 13.4 −0.8 −5.63%
2016 14.2 −0.8 −5.33%
2015 15 −1 −6.25%
2014 16 −1 −5.88%
2013 17 −1 −5.56%
2012 18 −1 −5.26%
2011 19 −1.1 −5.47%
2010 20.1 −1.1 −5.19%
2009 21.2 −1.1 −4.93%
2008 22.3 −1 −4.29%
2007 23.3 −1.1 −4.51%
2006 24.4 −1.1 −4.31%
2005 25.5 −1.1 −4.14%
2004 26.6 −1.1 −3.97%
2003 27.7 −1.1 −3.82%
2002 28.8 −1.3 −4.32%
2001 30.1 −1.5 −4.75%
2000 31.6 −1.9 −5.67%
1999 33.5 −5 −12.99%
1998 38.5 +0.3 +0.79%
1997 38.2 −2.4 −5.91%
1996 40.6 −2.5 −5.8%
1995 43.1 −2.4 −5.27%
1994 45.5 −2.6 −5.41%
1993 48.1 −2.9 −5.69%
1992 51 −3 −5.56%
1991 54 −2.8 −4.93%
1990 56.8 −2.2 −3.73%
1989 59 −1.7 −2.8%
1988 60.7 −1.4 −2.25%
1987 62.1 −1.4 −2.2%
1986 63.5 −1.5 −2.31%
1985 65 −2.1 −3.13%
1984 67.1 −2.9 −4.14%
1983 70 −3.9 −5.28%
1982 73.9 −4.6 −5.86%
1981 78.5 −4.9 −5.88%
1980 83.4 −5.7 −6.4%
1979 89.1 −6.2 −6.51%
1978 95.3 −5.9 −5.83%
1977 101.2 −5.5 −5.15%
1976 106.7 −4.8 −4.3%
1975 111.5 −4 −3.46%
1974 115.5 −2.9 −2.45%
1973 118.4 −12 −9.2%
1972 130.4 +8.6 +7.06%
1971 121.8 −1.4 −1.14%
1970 123.2 −1.5 −1.2%
1969 124.7 −1.3 −1.03%
1968 126 −1.4 −1.1%
1967 127.4 −1.1 −0.86%
1966 128.5 −1 −0.77%
1965 129.5 −0.9 −0.69%
1964 130.4 −1 −0.76%
1963 131.4 −0.9 −0.68%
1962 132.3 −0.8 −0.6%
1961 133.1 −1 −0.75%
1960 134.1

Central America, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The number of children who died before the age of one per 1,000 live births in the same year. One of the most sensitive indicators of the quality of health care and of social conditions: it responds to the availability of obstetric care, vaccination, clean water and nutrition faster than life expectancy does. The estimates are prepared by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.